Maycomb Conuty Trial
Maycomb Sexual Assualt Trial
Tom Robinson Found Guilty for Rape
November 22, 1936
Yesterday at around 11pm, Tom Robinson who had been accused by Bob Ewell of raping his daughter, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson has been charged for rape. The court case took place at the Maycomb County Courthouse and enormous crowd of people, both white and blacks, turned up to observe the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defence laywer was Atticus Finch. The case was presided over by Judge Taylor and a hand-picked jury. The result of the trial ended in favors of the plaintiffs, the Ewell family.
The rape took place on the evening of November 22nd last year, near the Maycomb town garbage dump. Maycomb Ewells had lived behind the town garbage dump for years which were once a Negro hut. Bob Ewell, the father of Mayella Ewell, survived on relief cheques to make ends meet. Mayella Ewell had two or three years of education and was the oldest of all the children in the Ewell family. Her mother had unfortunately passed away a long time ago and the children were in the care of their father Bob Ewell.
According to Mayella Ewell report, she was certain that Tom Robinson had raped her. On the evening of November 22, Mayella said she was standing on the front porch of her house. She told the mixed crowd that there was this old chiffarobe in the yard.
Mayella was sure that Tom Robinson had taken advantage of her she said again. As a defence to the accusation, Tom Robinson was asked to stand. It was shown to all that Tom Robinson left hand is 12 inches shorter than his right as his left arm was caught in a yarn gin since young. The blame of Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell had came into serious question as it was implied by Atticus, the defendant, that it was unlikely for a person hurt in his left able to hurt Mayella's right eye. There is the possibility of Bob Ewell hurting his own daughter instead of Tom Robinson as he is left-handed. When Mayella was questioned by the defence
Tom Robinson Found Guilty for Rape
November 22, 1936
Yesterday at around 11pm, Tom Robinson who had been accused by Bob Ewell of raping his daughter, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson has been charged for rape. The court case took place at the Maycomb County Courthouse and enormous crowd of people, both white and blacks, turned up to observe the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defence laywer was Atticus Finch. The case was presided over by Judge Taylor and a hand-picked jury. The result of the trial ended in favors of the plaintiffs, the Ewell family.
The rape took place on the evening of November 22nd last year, near the Maycomb town garbage dump. Maycomb Ewells had lived behind the town garbage dump for years which were once a Negro hut. Bob Ewell, the father of Mayella Ewell, survived on relief cheques to make ends meet. Mayella Ewell had two or three years of education and was the oldest of all the children in the Ewell family. Her mother had unfortunately passed away a long time ago and the children were in the care of their father Bob Ewell.
According to Mayella Ewell report, she was certain that Tom Robinson had raped her. On the evening of November 22, Mayella said she was standing on the front porch of her house. She told the mixed crowd that there was this old chiffarobe in the yard.
Mayella was sure that Tom Robinson had taken advantage of her she said again. As a defence to the accusation, Tom Robinson was asked to stand. It was shown to all that Tom Robinson left hand is 12 inches shorter than his right as his left arm was caught in a yarn gin since young. The blame of Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell had came into serious question as it was implied by Atticus, the defendant, that it was unlikely for a person hurt in his left able to hurt Mayella's right eye. There is the possibility of Bob Ewell hurting his own daughter instead of Tom Robinson as he is left-handed. When Mayella was questioned by the defence